Charles "Chuck" Palumbo (born June 15, 1971) is an American former professional wrestler, best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment. Throughout his career, he has become a six-time World Tag Team Champion (four times in WCW and twice in WWF/E).

Palumbo began his career in 1998 on the independent circuit, using a surfer gimmick and the ring name "The Dude". He made his debut appearance on World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Nitro on October 19, 1998 as a fan who accepted the challenge of Ernest "The Cat" Miller. Six months later, he was offered a training contract by WCW in April 1999. Just prior to the hiring of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera as bookers for WCW, many of the Power Plant wrestlers debuted on Saturday Night and WorldWide. Palumbo's initial WCW run was under the name Jungle Jim, his gimmick being a man of the jungle. Palumbo was undefeated in matches on the lower-tier programs, which were mostly against other Power Plant graduates.In 2000, Palumbo made his debut on the March 22, 2000 edition of Thunder under his real name, losing to Scott Steiner. After this match, Palumbo was chosen by Bischoff and Russo to be the New Blood's version of Lex Luger in May 2000. He was given the nickname "The Main Event".Palumbo feuded with Luger until late May 2000 when Palumbo formed a team called "The Perfect Event" with Shawn Stasiak and the pair won the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Their main feud was against KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark). In August, Stasiak and Palumbo helped form the Natural Born Thrillers with Mike Sanders, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, and Reno. They were briefly "coached" by Kevin Nash.Palumbo and Stasiak won the WCW Tag Team Championship two more times before splitting in early January 2001 when he and Stasiak won a tag team battle royal with O'Haire and Jindrak for a future tag team title shot. After the conclusion of the match Mike Sanders declared both te

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Will Heath Slater and Rhyno strike gold on Sunday night? Billy and Chuck Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo became close, real close, during their days teaming together in the early 2000s. So much so that Palumbo dyed his hair blond to match Gunn's and the duo ...

Lee Sanders of The RCWR show recently had former WCW and WWE star Chuck Palumbo on their 1-on-1 interview series. The former Wrestler talks about a possible season 2 of his Discovery channel show Lords of the Car Hoards, his rock band and more. Below is a ...

In what was possibly one of the most politically incorrect storylines in the history of the WWE—and that's a feat in and of itself—after forming a face tag team Gunn and Chuck Palumbo turned heel simply by exhibiting a homosexual relationship.